Dynamic control of higher-order modes in hollow-core photonic crystal fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 17972-17981

  Euser, T G ^a   Whyte, G ^b   Scharrer, M ^a   Chen, J S Y ^a   Abdolvand, A ^a   Nold, J ^a   Kaminski, C F ^a,b   Russell, P St J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBERS; LIGHT MODULATORS;

COUPLING CONDITION; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; HOLLOW CORE PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SELECTIVE MODE COUPLING; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS; VERSATILE METHODS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; HOLOGRAPHY; LASERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 55349121876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.017972     Document Type: Article

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